3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: FEB 28, 2007 Bottle. Pours black with a small dark brown head. Aroma is sweet with lots of dark fruit, plus some chocolate, molasses, roasted malt, and slightly noticeable alcohol (in a port-like way). Flavors match the aroma, but a bit less intensely, plus a bit of noticeable lactose sweetness. Smooth texture and medium body. Pretty good, though I could do with a little less of the lactose sweetness.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz bottle. Pours a clear black colored body under a fizzy two finger brown head that retained as a thin film. Aroma is roasty and fruity with a good dose of lactose. Some coffee, light coconut, alcohol, and burnt malt notes. Flavor is full of roasted and burnt malt with an intense fruitiness up front. Finishes with some lactose and burnt ashy notes and light alcohol. Mouthfeel is medium bodied and slightly oily in texture with light soft carbonation. Slightly sticky on the finish. Overall, a very good example of a tropical Stout. I don’t know what more you could want.
2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 6/20
UPDATED: SEP 24, 2006 black with barely a brown head. bitter dark chocolate, and red wine aroma with a hint of wood. roasted barley and red wine flavors. very carbonated. light-med bodied. dry, chalky aftertaste. flavor isn’t very robust. terrible wine flavor. i struggled to finish the six pack.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle... NTB Ernesto Festo ’06... Black ale with a small, fizzy, beige head. The aroma is chocolate, molasses, roasted nuts and vanilla with dashes of caramel and sassafras. The flavor is a swirl of caramel, molasses and dark chocolate. Full-bodied with a creamy mouthfeel and fizzy carbonation. Mid-length, fairly crisp, mostly clean finish.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz bottle, dated 05/2006, guessing that means best by. Poured into a Leute Bokbier glass witht he wooden stand, for kicks. Pours really thick opaque black with a small tan head. Head turns into a halo lacing. Aroma is very present - sweet off the bat. Caramel and raisin sweetness, some roast coffee and a bit of oxidation creating a soury sweetness. Taste is less concentrated. A bit weak actually, lost all the coffee and sweetness but a surprisingly light body. Average mouthfeel and low bitterness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Smallish tan head that recedes quickly leaving a ver dark brown/black liquid. Nice aroma of dark cherries, raisins, a little coffe, and roasted malts. Medium bosy, smooth, light carbonation, and jsut a hint of stickiness make it pleasant in the mouth. Sweet flavors that echo the aroma are soon balanced by a bit of spicyness and bitterness, although the finish remains a little sweet.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from the Bronx. smells and tastes like chocolate and molasses. Nice roasted flavor finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A big black body, fleeting khaki head… becomes a still liquid mass in a mater of minutes. The aroma is gentle, morsels of chocolate, toffee, pumpernickel, and black coffee are vaguely apparent. The flavor is everything above but ampped up and full of life… it’s rather odd. The weaken nose and the pungent flavor… which is terrific! A hint of tart soy sauce on the finish… sticky and roasted dry bitterness… Well done and well hidden alcohol!
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